I used the line “Nobody suspects the girl who smiles.” My opener was written by Allsnjill. I picked about 30 openers that I really liked and let my wife pick the opener that I would use. I suspect she thought of herself when reading this evocative opener, and that’s why she chose it. That said, this story is not at all about my wife.

I used MelissaClare’s opening line of “He’d haunted her for three years, and she still hadn’t noticed.” It came in a touch long and I ran out of time to edit & polish further, but I still liked how it turned out.